The mission of Feeding Louisiana is to be a unified voice for Louisiana’s hungry by providing short-term food relief while seeking long-term solutions to hunger through advocacy, education, and leadership.
Feeding Louisiana’s latest grants center on the state’s regional food bank network, with a single 2024 award of $6,424,067 to Second Harvest Food Bank in New Orleans. That grant sits alongside similarly large support for the other major food banks serving Louisiana, showing a statewide model built around food bank assistance rather than isolated project grants. The foundation’s mission emphasizes short-term food relief while also pursuing longer-term solutions through advocacy, education, and leadership, and its active programs translate that into direct nutrition support, child nutrition technical assistance, and senior food boxes. A defining feature of the funder is that its work is tied to statewide distribution systems: it holds the state CSFP contract, administers the Senior Box Program through five regional food banks, and supports farm-to-foodbank purchasing through Nourish Louisiana. In practice, Feeding Louisiana funds organizations that move food, benefits, and program capacity across Louisiana’s 64 parishes.
Feeding Louisiana supports food bank operations as the backbone of its grantmaking. In 2024, it gave $1,601,717 to Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank for food bank assistance, $1,459,122 to Food Bank of Central La, and $1,074,692 to Food Bank of Northwest La, all reinforcing regional distribution capacity. The foundation also invests in the systems that shape access to nutritious food. Through Nourish Louisiana, it uses federal ARPA dollars to buy fresh, locally sourced products from Louisiana farmers for statewide food bank distribution, linking local procurement with emergency food supply. Child nutrition is another clear priority: its Child Nutrition Support program provides technical assistance for SUN Meals, Sun Bucks, and CACFP to food banks and community partners across Louisiana.
Feeding Louisiana’s typical grant size is large and clustered: the 25th percentile is $1,074,692, the median is $1,459,122, and the 75th percentile is $1,601,717. That pattern fits a funder making substantial operating support to core statewide partners rather than many small awards. The recent grants list shows repeated support to the same food bank system in 2024, with five grants all going to Louisiana recipients. The organization is a public charity and does not fund individuals or program-related investments. Some state programs accept unsolicited participation, including the CSFP/Senior Box Program through distribution sites.
$29.3M
$3.5M
$30.5M
$30.8M
Most grants fall between $1.1M and $1.6M, with a median of $1.5M.
25th Percentile
$1.1M
Median
$1.5M
75th Percentile
$1.6M
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Feeding Louisiana’s grantmaking is entirely in Louisiana, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state and a local geographic scope. The recent grants are concentrated in major food bank hubs: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Alexandria, Shreveport, and Monroe. Those cities map onto the statewide network the foundation supports through regional food banks and related nutrition programs. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with five grants in the United States.
Its active programs include Nourish Louisiana for farm food purchases, Child Nutrition Support for SUN Meals, Sun Bucks, and CACFP technical assistance, and the CSFP/Senior Box Program for monthly USDA food boxes to low-income seniors. The stated focus areas also include food security, emergency food assistance, SNAP outreach, food as medicine, disaster relief, and capacity building for food banks.
Its giving is statewide across Louisiana. The recent grants reach food banks in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Alexandria, Shreveport, and Monroe, and the active programs are described as serving all 64 parishes through the five regional food banks.
The grant-size distribution is very concentrated at a large scale: p25 is $1,074,692, the median is $1,459,122, and p75 is $1,601,717. The recent grants reflect that range, with awards clustered around the regional food bank network.
The data show a recurring pattern of support to the same Louisiana food bank system. In 2024, Feeding Louisiana made five grants to five regional food banks, all within the state, and its active programs also rely on ongoing statewide administration such as the CSFP contract and food bank technical assistance.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Feeding Louisiana that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: For seniors: age 60 or older, Louisiana residency, and income at or below program guidelines (150% of Federal Poverty Guidelines). For agencies: must be a distribution site/agency partnering with Feeding Louisiana/region food banks (Feeding Louisiana collects site information via a distribution site questionnaire).
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | NEW ORLEANS, LA | $15,739,803 | 2025 | FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE |
| GREATER BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK | BATON ROUGE, LA | $5,210,475 | 2025 | FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE |
| FOOD BANK OF NOTHWEST LA | SHREVEPORT, LA | $4,023,189 | 2025 | FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE |
| FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL LA | ALEXANDRIA, LA | $3,256,203 | 2025 | FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE |
| FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST LA | MONROE, LA | $1,077,691 | 2025 | FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | NEW ORLEANS, LA | $6,424,067 | 2024 | FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE |
| GREATER BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK GREATER BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK | BATON ROUGE, LA | $1,601,717 | 2024 | FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE |
| FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL LA FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL LA | ALEXANDRIA, LA | $1,459,122 | 2024 | FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE |
| FOOD BANK OF NOTHWAST LA FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST LA | SHREVEPORT, LA | $1,074,692 | 2024 | FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE |
| FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST LA FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST LA | MONROE, LA | $1,016,139 | 2024 | FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE |
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